Asghar Sawaya

Asghar Sawaya (11 April 1978-17 July 2006) was an al-Qaeda in Iraq militant during the Iraq War.

Biography
Asghar Sawaya was born on 11 April 1978 in Mosul, Iraq to a Sunni Muslim Arab family, and he joined the Iraqi Republican Guard under Saddam Hussein in 1996. Sawaya was given sniper training under Saddam, and he served as a marksman during the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States and its allies. After the Iraqi Army was disbanded by the provisional government, Sawaya decided to join the insurgency, joining al-Qaeda in Iraq. Sawaya fought against the US Marine Corps when they attacked Sinjar in July 2006 in Operation Mutraqa, staying in the village of Sinjar as a sniper. Sawaya was killed in action by the Americans on 17 July.